Hairpin



C. B. SITZ.

HAIRPIN.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 23. 1921.

1,392,71 1 Patented 001;. 4, 1921.

' INVENTOR. CLfi/Pfi 5. 5/72,

- E T E ras CLARA BKSITZ, OF WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

HAIRPIN.

Application filed February 23, 1921.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CLARA B. Srrz, a citizen of the United States,residing at Washington, in the District of Columbia, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Hairpins, of which the followingis a specification, reference being had therein to the acco panyingdrawings.

This invention relates to hair-pins and has for an object to provide .ahair-pin with improved means for retaining in position and anchored bythe pin looks or strands of hair not included or inclosed within thetines of the pin.

-A further object of the invention is to provide a hair-pin having theusual and ordinary tines and with wings outstanding lat erally from thelines of the pin providing means for engaging with hair terior of thepin.

A further object of the invention is to provide a hair-pin having spacedtines with wings outstanding laterally from the lines of the pin andcurved toward the point of the tines, whereby hooks are formed for. theengagement of looks or strands of hair upon the outside of the pin. 7

lVithv these and other objects .in view the device comprises certainnovel constructions, convolutions and combinations as will behereinafter more fully described and claimed.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a view of the improved hairpin in side elevation;

Fig- 2 is a view of the improved hair-pin in edge elevation;

Fig. 3 is a view of the improved hair-pin in top plan, and

Fig. 41 is a sectional view of the hair-pin on the line indicated byline l-4 of Fig. 1.

Like characters of reference indicate corresponding parts and elementsthroughout the several views.

As is customary in hair-pins the present invention is provided withtines 10 spaced apart and here shown as provided with a plurality ofwaves, but the particular construction as to this feature is notessential to the present invention.

Specification of Letters Patent.

upon the ex Patented Got. 1, 1921. Serial No. 447,046.

. The tines 10 are bent outwardly at 11 and a return bend 12 formed uponeach side with the intervening wire twisted, as at 13. As shown also,sufficient wire is provided to form a tang 14 which extends downwardlybetween the tines 10, twisted as at 15, although the tang 14c or thisformation of the twist is immaterial to the present invention, suchtang, when coupled with the tines 10, being a substantially well-knownform of hair-pin. The invention resides rather in the wings eX- tendinglaterally from the hair-pin structure disclosed as the tines 10 and tang14, such wings being curved downwardly at the bend 13, or throughouttheir entire length, to produce hook formations, as shown moreparticularly at Fig. 1. It will be obvious that when the hair-pinstructureis forced into the hair in the usual manner, the return bends12 will enter the hair and will retain between such hooks and the tines10 any looks or strands of hair which may be introduced, and for thispurpose strands or looks of short hair or otherwise unattached hair maybe manually inserted within the hooks before the hair-pin is pushedhome, thereby confining such locks within the hooks.

It is well known that after a hair-pin has been inserted in the hair,locks of hair will be found to be escaping from confinement,

and in such cases a slight withdrawal of the hair-pin to release one ofthe hooks 12 will permit such strands to be inserted beneath such hookwhen the hair-pin may again be pushed into position, retaining the hairin neat and artistic arrangement.

\Yhat I claim to be new is:

A hairpin comprising spaced tines, an integral cross-bar spanning theinterval between and extending laterally beyond the tines at one end,being folded upon itself and twisted outside of the lines of the tineswith the folded ends curved toward the opposite ends of the tines andtheir component parts positioned broadside toward the tines.

In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my signature.

CLARA B. SITZ.

